Escape from the Dark Jungle: A 3D Audio Game for Emotion Regulation

In this paper, we introduce a new 3D-sound-based VR game named Escape from Dark Jungle, with the design goal of regulating players’ emotion. Our game design is based on the “Stimulus - Response” theory of behavioral method, implemented using Low-cost, real-time 3D audio technologies. We conducted an extensive user study to evaluate the game’s effectiveness on emotion regulation. The results show that this game achieves this goal by effectively making players more positive or negative, excite or calm.

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